Total arterial revascularization on beating heart: Short experience of 35 cases. | [Medical Channel: Journal of Modern Dental and Medical Sciences • 2007]

Author(s):

1. Abdullah Ashmeg: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Masood Iiameed Khan: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan

3. Raheel Hussain: Dow Medical College & Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

4. Ziauddin A. Kashmiri: Dow Medical College & Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

5. Rana M. Hameed: Dow Medical College & Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract:

To avoid the deleterious effects of cardiopulmonary bypass causing spasm in arterial conduits especially radial artery, total arterial revascularization was performed on beating heart, using an Octopus stabilizer. Patients And Methods: This is an observational study of 35 patients who had coronary artery bypass grafting using all arterial conduits. Single-vessel disease was present in 32 patients, double-vessel disease in 8, and triple-vessel disease in 28, one patient had left main involvement. Poor left ventricular (LV) function with ejection fraction

Page(s): 14-17

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Published: Journal: Medical Channel: Journal of Modern Dental and Medical Sciences, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Year: 2007

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